Hello my friend, hope you are good and that drive is as stress free and comfortable as it can be. Bulgaria blew my mind in many ways and busted a lot of preconceptions I had too. The many and varied landscapes and terrains on offer are utterly fabulous, I would definitely visit again.
Your comment about the older YT couple made me laugh as I mentioned that I wrote on Hive and the ensuing explanation of blockchains and crypto and their uncomprehending questions was quite a conversation to behold.
I seem to remember we had pretty similar views on what transpired globally for that surreal couple of years (and what it will spawn in the near and longer future). Interestingly enough, many of the people I speak to, who dutifully queued for jab 1, 2, 3, and 47 after the rallying cry from the folks in the ivory towers and their bankster friends have very different views now, too little too late in many ways but still nice to see eyes, ears and minds becoming more open.